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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have uncovered why some patients with a rare genetic ...

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 on oral conditions represents a landmark moment ...

A bout of measles sends the immune system into shock, demolishing critical cells that help our bodies respond to threats.

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The tragic deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betty Arakawa have brought hantavirus into the spotlight – but what is it and ...

Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn't unheard of—tobacco has been used as a herbal medicine in the past. But now ...

Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune skin disease characterized by tense blisters and erosions. In this Primer, Akbarialiabad et al. review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and ...

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The concept includes anatomy, physiology, cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics, and covers all organisms from microorganisms, animals to plants. Sarcopenia is one of the main contributors to ...